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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Documents show federal agents wire-tapped the cellphones of a powerful Philadelphia labor boss and his protege on the City Council for more than a year.

Johnny “Doc” Dougherty runs the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 and has long been a powerful political force in the city. He’s the focus of an FBI investigation into nearly all aspects of the union’s operations.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (https://bit.ly/2sJtOqr ) federal prosecutors recently sent letters notifying Dougherty, Henon and others that their conversations were picked up on court-approved wiretaps.

They listened to Dougherty’s calls for 16 months, starting in April 2015.